1960 Australian Grand Prix
The 1960 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lowood in Queensland, Australia on 12 June 1960. The race, which was run to Formula Libre, had 16 starters.
| 1960 Australian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 12 June 1960 | ||
| Location | Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.54 km (2.82 miles) | ||
| Distance | 36 laps, 163.44 km (101.52 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Time | 1'45.9 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Lex Davison | Aston Martin | |
| Time | 1'44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Second | Aston Martin | ||
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
It was the twenty fifth Australian Grand Prix. Alec Mildren won his only AGP, which was also the second AGP victory for a rear-engined racing car. Mildren eschewed the more usual Coventry Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car unit to power his Cooper T51, one of many competitors at the time who tried sports car engines in racing car chassis. Davison's Aston Martin DBR4 too had a sports car engine replacing the 2.5-litre powerplant, this being 3.0 litre unit from a DBR1.
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